This is what the professional critics say:

“Fast, cheap, and in you’re control the Panasonic PV-GS19 is the best under-$300 (street price) camcorder we’ve seen this year. With an amazing manual control set and video performance nearly identical to its older sibling, the PV-GS35, this is a big winner for the budget-minded consumer.”

This review is two years overdue but I figure its better late than never. I see this camcorder on ebay and craigslist all the time. Many people wonder, “is it really worth the value?”. This camcorder is very affordable and a great entry level camcorder but thats about all it is. I actually did not unbox this for exactly one year from purchase. I bought it for Sylvia for Christmas two years ago and we did not use it until the following Christmas. The low light performance is comparable to a cell phone camera. The battery holds a long charge and audio recording is fair at best. I am pretty unhappy about this camcorder. Low light performance is so important because unless you are out doors, lighting is always going to be an issue. Below is a sample of a video recorded with the PV-GS19

I posted an employment opportunity on craigslist last friday and the results were as expected. I received several great resumes and portfolios from many people here in Chicago. The irritating side of the craigslist posting was that for every quality candidate that corresponded to me, I received 10 offers from offshore development companies. Read the rest of this entry »

After claiming he was a 6.5 million dollar loser a few months back (he took some big looses from gus hansen), David Benyamine has returned for some high stakes action. This is a clip of him last night coming back from a huge deficit.

I have been playing a few big tournaments in poker recently. The tournment experience for me has always been a good one. On these last four tournaments the experience has been anything but good. The first tournament I busted out in the middle of the crowd because of my lack of knowledge about who I was playing. There is a type of player that always continues to beat me, this type of player is the kind who is still a beginner and does not understand what bets mean. If I raise with top pair and top kicker, there is no reason to call a high raise because you have middle pair. Read the rest of this entry »